Coastal Wetlands
Surface Elevation Table (SET) sites at all coastal parks including Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Canaveral National Seashore, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Fort Frederica National Monument and Cumberland Island National Seashore received a first reading this spring. A second reading will be conducted this fall.
A revised monitoring protocol has been approved and publication of the narrative and associated SOPs expected later this year.
Shorelines
Spring shoreline surveys have been completed this spring at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Cape Hatteras National Seashoreand Cape Lookout National Seashore, Canaveral National Seashoreand Fort Matanzas National Monument. Fort Pulaski National Monumentand Fort Frederica National Monument were completed in late May.
Data collected during fall surveys are being processed. Data collected during spring surveys in FY2022 at Canaveral National Seashore, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Cape Lookout National Seashore and Cape Hatteras National Seashore have been processed with reports coming soon.
Water Quality
Water-quality data were collected at Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Canaveral National Seashore, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and Congaree National Park in April and May. Monthly visits to parks will continue in 2023 with assistance from park staff and partners at Cape Hatteras National Seashoreand Cape Lookout National Seashore. Park-wide assessments will be conducted at Fort Pulaski National Monument and Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in July.
Data collected during last summer’s park-wide water-quality assessments at Cumberland Island National Seashore and Fort Matanzas National Monument will be reported later this year. The updated protocol for estuarine water and sediment quality monitoring was published this spring. The revised version of the protocol brings the instructions in line with updated data handling and publication guidance as well as updates to instrumentation and software that have occurred since this protocol was published in 2013.
Landbird and Anuran Communities
Automated recording devices (ARDs) for the FY2023 field season have been deployed at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Fort Matanzas National Monument and Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. Recordings, which began in March, continue through mid-June.
Analysis of FY2021 landbird monitoring data at Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Horseshoe Bend National Military Parkand Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is nearing completion with all reports expected to be completed this year. Reports for 2021 vocal anuran monitoring and 2017 vocal anuran monitoring will be published in June. In addition to completing the scheduled monitoring for FY 2022, landbird and anuran vocalizations collected in FY 2015 and 2016 are being processed and data sets from these monitoring events will be published in the coming weeks with reports to follow later this year.